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When My Soul Met A Thug by Jessica N. Watkins
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTrue never guessed that life would be this hard. Being only twenty-five years old, she should have been being wild, reckless, and having fun, not fighting the hardest battle of her life, alongside a husband who no longer loved her. After their divorce, True wanted to be free and enjoy every day. Falling in love was not in the plan... -
A Real One Captured My Heart by K. Renee
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHave you ever been in a situation where the best thing for you to do, is the hardest thing? That’s the same dilemma Shanice Davis finds herself in after finding out her husband does not love her the same way she loves him. Throwing caution to the wind, Shanice decides to live her best life while on a girl’s trip to Mexico. Gia, Shanice’s best friend only concern is her daughter... -
Jah: A Novella by Alexandria House
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNeither of them was looking for the other. Neither of them intended to fall in love. And now, neither of them wants to let go... -
All You Need Is Love by Janet Nissenson
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWas the wedding of their dreams about to become a living nightmare? For those who fell in love with Julia and Nathan in Serendipity, see how their story continues to unfold in this sweet, funny and sexy novella. After overcoming all of the obstacles in pursuit of their happily ever after, Julia and Nathan are determined to plan their dream wedding in just six months time... -
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I Didn't Mean To Fall In Love by AshleyNicole
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFalling in love with the wrong person can be disastrous. When you find the right one, though, celestial bodies will literally line up to smooth your path. Siani’s mercury has been in retrograde for what seems like forever. She loves her job, but her boss is a lazy jerk. Family is a foreign idea, and her love life sucks. There’s also a new tenant in her house… but we won’t go there... -
Cheating The Future For The Past 1 by Chenell Parker
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBeing naive to the men in their lives as well as the streets, sisters Keller and Kia struggle to make their dysfunctional relationships work. Jaden is all that Kia has ever known, but she's fed up with his constant cheating and erratic behavior. Keller loves Leo, but his physical abuse is tearing down her body as well as her spirit... -
Boxed Set Complete Carnage Series: Carnage #1&2 by Lesley Jones
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCarnage Book #1 Out of this world read! Had me gripped all the way. Could not put it down. Fantastic real life raw emotion. If you want an emotional, hot, exciting, blow your mind kinda read then Carnage is what you need There is no way I can describe this book to you. If 10 stars were an option it still wouldn't be enough. I'm declaring this book my most favorite book of 2014.. -
One More Touch: One More Series by AshleyNicole
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLose weight. Get Proposal. Make Ronnie Love me. Storee Leòne’s lifelong struggle to lose weight is causing problems in her relationship. Her boyfriend won’t propose until she’s at a weight he deems fit. Storee’s more than willing to lose the weight to get the proposal and make him happy, at least until she meets ex boxing pro Joseph Mitchel. Joseph is a tough trainer with a good heart... -
One More Night by AshleyNicole
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSuccessful business? Check. Supportive friends? Check. Beautifully planned wedding? Check. Faithful fiancé? No check!Minah Samuels just found out that her boyfriend and soon to be husband has been anything but faithful. The invites have gone out, the seating arrangements have been solidified and the dress is getting the final touches from the seamstress... -
A Justified Love Affair by Kimberly Brown
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEmmanuel Santiago has thoroughly enjoyed his bachelor lifestyle. With money, a life of luxury, and women at his disposal, he seems to have it all. He has no immediate plans of settling down with one woman and starting a family. Then he meets her. What was supposed to be a one night stand quickly turns into a love affair that neither of them saw coming... -
Until There Was You by Francis Ray
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAll he was looking for was some peace and quiet. Instead, what ex-FBI agent Luke Grayson finds in the secluded cabin in the woods is a gorgeous, smoky-eyed woman…who just happens to be pointing a gun in his direction. Dr. Catherine Stewart is relieved that the handsome stranger she encounters is not a dangerous intruder... -
A Mutually Beneficial Arrangement by Christina C. Jones
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRowan Phillips is a woman on a mission to provide the best she can for the community served by the Cartwright Center. When things look bleak, a mysterious benefactor steps in with an offer that could be a win-win situation... or a catch-22. (This started - and finished - as a serial on my blog. If you read it there, there is NOTHING new here... -
Plus One: An Equilibrium Short by Christina C. Jones
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn Equilibrium short story.There's always room for one more... and not just at the Thanksgiving dinner table... -
Material Girl by Keisha Ervin
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDylan Monroe Carter, is a material girl living in a material world. She has it all. A loving husband, adorable son, successful career and great friends. But nothing good can last forever. There are secrets and betrayals looming that will destroy Dylan and everyone around her. National Best Selling Author, Keisha Ervin, returns with the finale edition to the highly acclaimed Material Girl series... -
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A Different Kind of December by Lesley Jones
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDecember 1st... A time to reflect and remember for Georgia, and also, she's decided, this year will be a time for change. Starting with high emotion on the anniversary of the day that changed her life and ending on a loud, raucous and raunchy Christmas night, we get a little dip into the lives of some of the Carnage Series favourite characters. This is book 5 in a series. Carnage Book One... -
Seduced by a Knight by Té Russ
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter being burned by love, Londyn Freedman ends up in Sweet Rapids, Nevada, helping out at her uncle’s bookstore. She’s not looking to get caught up in another relationship, but she can’t deny the instant attraction she feels when she meets artist, Ramsey Knight.Ramsey is caught up in Londyn’s spell from the first moment he hears her sing... -
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Heatstrokes: A Summer Fling Novella by Kema B.
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAll her life, make-up artist Simone Bailey, used laughter as a defense mechanism to keep from crying. She lives her life loudly, unapologetically, and free until a devastating betrayal rocks her world. Deciding she is off men for the foreseeable future, she puts her focus on her career and building her brand instead... -
Just Say Yes by Brix McQueen
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI wasn’t good at making decisions.In fact, I was horrible at making them, and my recent breakup was proof of that. We had finally called it quits, and I was ready to move on. Quickly.I was ready for something fun — something to take the edge off of being newly single. My friends suggested dating, but I declined and took their generous offer of receiving a spa day instead... -
The Girl of His Dreams (Bachelor) by Janet Nissenson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe was convinced he’d be a bachelor for life. And then he met the girl of his dreams.Jordan Reeves has fully embraced the carefree, uncomplicated bachelor life, figuring that the poor example he’d been provided by his parents of so-called marital bliss was reason enough to remain single... -
Stronger by Janet Nissenson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCara has an admitted problem with hot men, falling so deeply and so quickly under their spell that she loses a little bit of herself with each toxic relationship that always seems to end badly. Every man in her young life thus far has let her down – her high school sweetheart, a college fling, and most of all her self-centered playboy father... -
Kept by Sally Bradley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLife has taught Miska Tomlinson that there are no honorable men. Her womanizing brothers, her absentee father, and Mark, the married baseball player who claims to love her—all have proven undependable. But Miska has life under control... -
Lobsters, Bisques, and Berries by Olivia Gaines
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLakota Simjak is nothing like he looks. A laid-back kind of fella that takes life as it comes, while enjoying the simple beauty of the day to days. However, the lonely nights and eternal mornings tells him it’s time for a change. He wants a wife.Melody Willis’ trophy case displays thirty years of being in the music business and performances all over the world. Yet, she goes to bed alone... -
The Scrapyard Man by S.H. Richardson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Scrapyard ManA Junkyard Boys NovelSebastian Dramatic. Hyper sensitive. Emotional. I know what they say about me. But I don’t give a shit. Buck taught me to never be ashamed of who I am, to never hide my true nature, and I will be respected for it. My kindness is often mistaken for weakness. I use that to my advantage... -
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Reignite by Aidy Award
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’s got a plan. He’s going to ruin everything. Angelina: I wasn’t sure I would ever recover. Just when I got him back, he’s taken from me again. Gray: This is going to destroy her. Reignite is the final book in The Curvy Seduction Saga and should be read following Rebound and Rebellion... -
Treacherous by Maureen Smith
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the award-winning author of Taming the Wolf and Recipe for Temptation comes a novella about secrets, forbidden passion, and the devastating consequences of betrayal.... Sterling and Celeste Wolf have been married for sixteen years. Although Sterling is the ideal husband and father, he can’t give Celeste the material trappings she secretly craves... -
Just One Touch: Leo & Jasmine by Melanie Shawn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStand-alone Crossroads romance, complete with HEA--and plenty of heat and heart along the way!Jasmine Bell's Monday was not going as planned. After a routine visit to her doctor ended with a prescription for prenatal vitamins, she went home to tell her fiancé the news--only to find him otherwise engaged...with a hot blonde on their kitchen table... -
The Collar of Freedom: The Collar Duet, Book 1 by Alexandra Iff
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLibrarian's note: Alternate cover edition of ASIN B00KDJNAIW. Amelia Jones knows the truth; she lives and breathes it every day. The endless monotony of a loveless marriage, and years of domestic slavery stretch before her in minutes and hours that are destined to end in a mental breakdown. Then Alexander Reeves walks through the door... -
Heatwaves: A Summer Fling Novella by Kema B.
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter her central air malfunctions, romance novelist Stacia Baker finds herself in the middle of a deadline and a series of problems she needs fixed asap.As the owner of his own maintenance company, Drew Fields has all the tools to fix everything that's wrong in Stacia's life in more ways than one.But after an embarrassing encounter between them and her less than desirable attitude... -
Thou Shall Not Fear by Sabrina B. Scales
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEven the saved struggle when navigating their way through love. This much could definitely be said for the Fold Family’s oldest child, Angela.Perfection was the main objective when it came to Angela. She was stubborn, strong-willed, and completely incapable of relinquishing control, at times risking her own happiness to preserve the image of what others thought she should be... -
Distracted by Alexandra Warren
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBryson is a ladies man by nature. And why wouldn’t he be? He’s young. He’s single. He’s sexy. And he’s fresh off of a record-breaking second year of professional basketball with his whole career ahead of him. So when he meets Kennedy while interviewing for a new stylist, of course he wastes no time going after her. Until he finds out she’s engaged... -
Shadow's Dilemma by Erin Osborne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJames ‘Shadow’ Patrick I’m finally a patched member of the Wild Kings MC. It’s what I’ve wanted for as long as I could remember. Pops found me when I was nothing more than a kid on the street begging for food. He changed my life and I’ll never regret meeting him. Now, I found the girl of my dreams but I messed up. I don’t know how to be there for Renee and her young son and be all about the club... -
You're All I Want for Christmas by Karen Cimms
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBilly crossed the hall into his bedroom where Kate was plugging in the last of the electric candles she’d set in each window.She flicked it on. “I guess that’s that.” His hand covered hers. “Do me a favor and don’t turn this one off. I want to know there’s a light burning in our bedroom window until I come home... -
When We Touch by Renee Williams
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat happens when disrespect enters the door? Love has to leave.NinaI was giving him up, letting him go. It didn’t matter what my heart wanted. That organ couldn’t control my emotions. Christian had violated. His pregnant mistress coming to my house crossed every line, boundary, and rule. It was the disrespect for me. She could have him... -
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My Redemption by S.K. Lessly
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’m in love with my neighbor. Typical, I know. God, it was stupid of me to let my guard down, but I did. If you knew him, though, you wouldn’t blame me. The man is everything you never thought you needed and everything you’ve always wanted. He’s smart, sexy as hell, funny... Did I say sexy? He’s a great listener, he loves football, which is a plus, and he saves lives for a living... -
It Ended with the Truth by Lisa Suzanne
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Brian Fox finally tells the truth, it costs him everything. His company. His friends. The girl he loves. He’s forced to start over, and it’s his brother who once again steps in. Working for a record label isn’t how he imagined his life when he owned a successful company, and life on the road only makes him long for everything the truth cost him... -
Again: A Second Chance Novella by JL Seegars
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJaxon Daniels was supposed to be my forever.I've loved him since I was thirteen years old, and like a foolish little girl, I believed that our love would carry us through everything. Every challenge. Every obstacle. Every heartbreak. But that was before I knew anything about pain and the challenge of overcoming crushing disappointment... -
Adored by Nicole Edwards
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Nicole Edwards revisits Tag and McKenna, a power couple who have gone from infatuation to adoration in Adored (Club Destiny #7.5) Tag has waited two years for this. Sure, he knows he’ll need to be persuasive in order to get McKenna on board, but nevertheless, he’s up for the challenge... -
Falling Star by Terri Osburn
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA country star looking for a comeback has one last shot at fame—and he might just have one last shot at love. Naomi Mallard is a fixer by nature. And as PR manager for Nashville’s Shooting Stars record label, she’s facing her biggest fix: redeeming country music bad boy Chance Colburn. But in Naomi’s eyes, a police record and a stint in rehab are the least of Chance’s sins... -
Tequila Burn by Melissa Toppen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHudson and Lennon's story continues in the gripping conclusion to the Tequila Duet! It was destiny-- the night I met Hudson Demasi. I remember how effortlessly he stole my heart- his dark eyes and quick smile forever etched into my mind. We spent one incredible night together under a haze of tequila- a perfect night. And when I woke the next day, he was gone… I never expected to see him again... -
The Close-Up by Sarah Smith
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA new work assignment goes delightfully off script in this friends-to-lovers rom-com from Sarah Smith, author of Faker and Simmer DownSimon Rutler is the perfect man.Handsome, kind and smart—Simon is amazing. Naomi Ellorza-Hays might be fresh out of a bad relationship and determined to stay single, but Simon is testing her newfound relationship ban. Good thing they’re working together... -
LIE by Mayra Statham, Dark Water Covers
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBox office sensation, Marcus Wright is ready to take on the role of director. Romance author and single mom, Grace Rivera, is shocked when the sexiest man alive knocks on her door with the intent to bring her book to life. He is willing to do anything to get what he wants, even use his charms on the beautiful, curvy woman standing in his way... -
Cole and Jillian by Jennifer Peel
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan a few hours really change your life?Jillian Jones knows a thing or two about the country music scene, and she wants no part of it after divorcing her country singer ex-husband. But as fate would have it, she’s seated next to country legend Cole Pendleton on a red-eye flight home to Nashville from Las Vegas...Categorized as:
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The Hot Guy in the Woods by London Casey, Jaxson Kidman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the authors that brought you the worldwide top 100 Kindle ebook (5 Years Later): He hides in the woods, determined to fix a tragedy that stole his heart. Every night he goes looking for her but always comes back to his cabin alone. Until one night he finds someone as lost as he is... She's lost everything, including herself. She decides to walk away... -
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Glitter on the Web by Ginger Voight
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter Eli Blake’s viral video “Big Girl/Big Heart” shoots him right to the top of the charts, he rises to fame shamelessly tapping into this niche. Because of his striking good looks, all his faithful groupies want desperately to believe every word he sings, like he’s not another run-of-the-mill superficial jerk. One little wrinkle. He totally is... -
In the Ring: A Dario Caivano Novel by Perri Forrest
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“In the Ring” introduces Dario “DC” Caivano, heavyweight champion, who is also a man with a heavy heart. It isn’t without reason, however. As a teenager, Dario witnessed the murder of someone that he loved like a brother, and it took a lot out of him. It hardened him and left little to trust... -
MindF*ck by Danyell A. Wallace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsClayton had it all: good looks, star soccer player, and the unlikeliest girl of his dreams. Life wasn't good. It was great. Until a family tragedy strikes and shatters Clayton's world as he knows it, along with his memory. As Clayton struggles to put the pieces of his life back together, his beautiful, brown-skinned guardian angel with the wavy hair and soulful eyes is with him the entire way...Categorized as:
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A Beautiful Melody by Lilliana Anderson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Beautiful Series Book 3 - May be read on it's own, or in order. Naomi thought she'd met someone wonderful when Elliot came into her life, but he simply wasn't into her. It's the story of her life. While everyone around her is settling down, she gives up on trying to find her Mr Right, and turns back to the one thing she has always loved - music... -
Sweet Forty-Two by Andrea Randall
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRegan Kane arrived in San Diego with nothing but a violin, his car and what feels like a lifetime of grief. Although he’s surrounded by friends and music, one delivery from the post office reminds him that the past is always just around the corner. When he befriends a local bartender, Regan wonders if he's finally ready to let go... -
Filthy Kisses by London Casey, Karolyn James
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe has my son... and nothing is going to stop me from being the outlaw father I'm meant to be. ** When Dakota got pregnant, she begged me to keep it a secret from the MC, which I did. But after I'm thrown into jail for a couple months, I come out not only a free man, but also a father. The problem? Dakota has taken off - with my son...
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